# Adventurers' Act 1640, Section XVIII: Certain Conveyances, &c. made after 1st March 1640 by Rebels; the Uses, &c. to be adjudged in the actual Possession of the Crown.


And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any person or persons whatsoever that at any time hereafter shall be attainted for Treason or shall die in actuall Rebellion before attaindor or pardon of the same or hath or shall take enter into or make any such Compact Bond Covenant Oath Promise or Agreement as aforesaid shall after the first day of March one thousand six hundred and fourtie make or hath made any Conveyance or Assurance whatsoever of any Mannors Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in the Kingdome of Ireland unto or for his owne use or unto or for the use of his wife or any of his children or in trust for himselfe his wife or any of his children That then all the Uses Estates & Trusts so limited other then such as are or shall bona fide be made before his her or theire marriage or made in performance of any Convenant in writing made before marriage unto or for the use of his wife or children shall be forfeited unto His Majestie His Heires and Successors and shall be adjudged to be by vertue of this Act in the actuall possession of the King His Heires and Successors

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha1/16/33/section/XVIII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adventurers-act-1640/section-XVIII
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